Rambling Rhoads: 2022-01-09

As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Ronnie Spector

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/arts/music/ronnie-spector- dead.html

You know you’re a big deal when your death leads the CBS radio news headlines, ahead of inflation, empty store shelves, and omicron.

Somewhat amazingly, “Be My Baby” (which peaked at #2) was the only time they reached the top 20 of Billboard’s Hot 100 – except for “Sleigh Ride”, which got into the top 10 a few weeks ago as part of the seasonal rush.

Favorite songs (with the Ronettes):

Be My Baby

Do I Love You?

Walking In The Rain

Baby, I Love You

Sleigh Ride

Bonus track:

Take Me Home Tonight (with Eddie Money)